Moots Pricing

I've been researching my next frame and was shocked to see how much of a jump Moots has had in their prices. I was looking at a Mooto-X YBB with sliders and a custom length seat tube. Here's the price I was quoted: $4,350. I couldn't believe that a Moots is now in the ballpark of a Jones (and the Jones includes a fork). Does anybody know why the Moots price is so much more than any other custom Ti builder? Eriksen is right aroung $3,000 for a full custom. Is the YBB really worth $1,300? I'm not slamming Moots, I'd love to own another, but when did they jump so much in price? Anybody know what the deal is here?

I think it's 'cause Moots is producing far more "stock" bikes, and to toss in a custom costs more. Jones, and Kent just produce customs, and Jones i thought just speced them out for Merlin to produce. With your Moto-ybb/sliders you take a stock bike, add the expense of sliders, the expense of 29's, and then a custom seat tube, that all adds up, call jones, and Kent and ask for a quote for what you want and I bet the price they quote is close to what Moots will charge you.

Ps I just took possession of my new Gristle-ybb with sliders, well worth what i paid. I'm ready for SSWChamps next year in durango, you better get that mooto rig ordered, or it won't be ready for worlds.

I had a Kent Eriksen hardtail frame built in March 2008 and it came in a little above the price of a custom Moots hardtail. I believe the custom Moots frame (through a local dealer) was around $2800-2900 and the Erkisen frame ended up around $3300. FWIW, Kent was great to talk to and was very helpful in the entire process, but especially when we were working out the design.

I had a Kent Eriksen hardtail frame built in March 2008 and it came in a little above the price of a custom Moots hardtail. I believe the custom Moots frame (through a local dealer) was around $2800-2900 and the Erkisen frame ended up around $3300. FWIW, Kent was great to talk to and was very helpful in the entire process, but especially when we were working out the design.

I checked with Kent a while back and recently. He really is great to talk to and makes a great bike. I was comparing the jump in Moots price vs. other custom builders and Moots just seemed to have a much larger jump compared to the others.

I live in Canada and am looking at a rigormootis and the price in canadian is around 3350 , it seems very expensive ! I could get a limited edition ibis mojo titanium for 2900 ! Is the moots worth the extra money ?